Damage to agricultural infrastructure
Utilising a baseline agricultural infrastructure layer and very high-resolution satellite imagery, FAO conducted an assessment of the number of agricultural infrastructures damaged in the Gaza Strip as a result of the recent conflict escalation. The damage was estimated using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery from 4, 5, 16, 17, 28, 29 January, 9, 10, 21, 22 February, 4, 5, 16, 28, 29 March, 9, 10, 21, 22 April and 3, 4, 15, 16 May.
The number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was calculated based on their location within a 15-meter radius area around a damaged site. A thorough evaluation of damage to agricultural infrastructure was performed, overlaying the agricultural infrastructure layer with the damage layer (damage proxy map) from 20 May 2024. The grid depicts the severity of damage in localised areas; in each tile the number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was divided by the number of detected agricultural infrastructures.